يَشقى رِجال وَيَشقى آخرون بِهِم

وَيَسعَد اللَهِ اِقواماً بِأَقوامِ

Some men are wretched, while others make them so

And Allah makes some folks blissful through some

وَلَيسَ رِزق الفَتى من لُطف حيلَتِه

لكِن حدود بِأَرزاقِ وَأَقسامِ

A young man's livelihood is not from his wit so fine

But apportioned through divine allotments and assignments

كَالصَيدِ يَحرمه الرامي المجيد وَقد

يَرمي فَيَرزُقُهُ من لَيسَ بِالرامي

Like prey for which the skilled archer forbears to shoot

Yet it may be hit and fed by one who cannot aim remote